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Manuel “Arturo” Garnica Cordero, 43, of Glencoe, passed away Saturday, May 7, in Howard Lake.
A Mass of Christian burial was held Friday, May 20, 2 p.m., at the Church of St. Pius X in Glencoe. Visitation was held Thursday, May 19, 4 to 8 p.m., at Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. A prayer service was held at 4 p.m. at the chapel. Visitation continued one hour prior to the service at the church.
The Rev. John Hayes was the officiating clergy.
Family and friends of Manuel “Arturo” Garnica Cordero were the casket-berers.

Boys Scouts and adult leaders from Glencoe Troop 352 and adult leaders recently unfolded a new American flag and presented it to Millie Beneke Manor, replacing the facility’s old, weathered flag during a flag raising ceremony. The group included (from left) Scout leader Todd Eischens, Scouts Micaiah Noling, Brenden Miguel, Prescott Wingate, Cayden Miguel, Scout leaders Kevin Dietz and Michael Dietz.

GSL inducted 16 new members into the National Honor Society Sunday evening in a ceremony at the school. The new inductees join 28 existing NHS members who are seniors.

Silver Lake has a new member on its city council. Joanna Jacobs was given the oath of office by City Clerk/Treasurer Diane Pedersen at the start of Monday night’s meeting. Jacobs will fill the seat left vacant by Michelle Schneider who moved out of the area, through the end of 2022. The open seat will be on November 2022 ballot.

The McLeod County Board didn’t take long to deny a request from the City of Glencoe to participate in a tax abatement for a proposed hotel within the city.
Jon Jerabek, Glencoe’s assistant city administrator, told the board Tuesday morning, May 17, the Glencoe City Council has approved a $500,000 tax abatement which is necessary to secure the financing for the project and create a high enough return on investment to secure investors.

(For the complete story, see the May 18 print edition of The Chronicle.)